EBooks vs Print Books
I read there’s unexpected an uptick in paper books sales this holiday season while e-book sales have leveled off.
I read several articles about this unexpected reversal in the EBooks vs Print Books of the seven to eight years which are found on many e-magazines articles about publishing. The trend is so becoming so pronounced it’s invigorating independent book stores and major book publishers are revving up their print warehouse space.
Truthfully, I never expected it to happen. It’s said the past year, the national print book sales took a huge rise. But I’m a little leery of holiday sales records because they aren’t usually substantial measurement of how the rest of the year will proceed.
I say the reason for the change of state could be any combination of things. Who knows?
Perhaps some may say readers are finding their understanding and possession of what they read is better understood with print book. I don’t know. For I like them both.
Perhaps some are reasoning that no matter how well-informed e-reader’s are, they’re not always as personal as flipping through paper pages. And it’s a hard copy that may some day eventually become a collector’s items.
Or maybe it’s just that some of us like the feel of paper in our hand and the inky smell of ink on the woodsy scent of paper. I know I do.
As an author, I have to admit there’s something extremely special about holding my printed books in my hands. Each novel has a printed copy. An author’s copy. When I first looked at the book I thought for years would never see the light of day. I hugged Unholy Pursuit: The Devil On My Trail when my family wasn’t looking. I felt I had a right to. The book is twenty years in the making! Twenty years of my life had gone into this series. Actually, it’s more than twenty with the on and off writing periods. Because only highly paid writers get the option to sat and write continually. The rest of us must write in intervals between the duties of a daily life.
With each book, I read it, eagerly flipping through it. But I find a use for my eReader that would be difficult to do with a physical book. I use my eReader to introduce people I meet in public to it. It’s easier than carrying a book around but I noticed so many often asked where’s the print book?
I think its’ maybe that a new generation is now discovering the joy of a physical book just as they discover the authenticity of vinyl records over digitally remastered music. You get more clearly what the artist is saying.
I suppose the grit of the story is, some of us like both, print and Ebooks.
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